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Transfigurements: On the True Sense of Art

By John Sallis

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780226734231
DOI
10.7208/9780226734231
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1720976 bytes)
Pages
204\204
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-15 03:49:54

Description

Transfigurements develops a framework for thinking about art through innovative readings of some of the most important philosophical writing on the subject by Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger. Sallis exposes new layers in their texts and theories while also marking their limits. By doing so, his aim is to show that philosophy needs to attend to art directly. Consequently, Sallis also addresses a wide range of works of art, including paintings by Raphael, Monet, and Klee; Shakespeare’s comedies; and the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler, and Tan Dun. Through these interpretations, he puts forth a compelling new elaboration of the philosophy of art.

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